Adopted Russian orphan triumphs over challenges
Source: SF Gate
Saint Petersburg :: Russia | updated 2013-05-18 22:58:20 -0700 | entertainment-news
Sophie snaps her fingers and, with her classmates, bounces, twirls and kicks to the tune of West Side Story's "America" blaring through the dance studio sound system. The 10-year-old, adopted from Russia by U.S. parents nearly nine years ago, is...
Russian cult film director Balabanov dies at 54
Source: The Daily Star
Saint Petersburg :: Russia | updated 2013-05-19 06:31:16 -0700 | entertainment-news
This file picture shows Film director Alexey Balabanov posing during the photocall of "Ja tozhe hochu (Me too)" during the 69th Venice Film Festival on September 7, 2012 at Venice Lido. Alexei Balabanov, a director who captured the essence of...
New synagogue dedicated in Moscow
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Saint Petersburg :: Russia | updated 2013-05-19 02:38:34 -0700 | political-news
Rabbi Berel Lazar, who is affiliated with the Chabad movement, installed the holy scroll at the Michurinsky synagogue, which opened its doors two months ago, the Interfax news agency reported...The ceremony means that now this place gets the status of...
Company known for river trips announces ocean ship
Source: Taiwan News
Saint Petersburg :: Russia | updated 2013-05-17 16:00:29 -0700 | political-news
Viking Cruises, a company known for offering river cruises, on Friday announced that it was launching a new cruise line for ocean-going trips. Viking's first ocean-going ship, Viking Star, will make its first voyages in 2015 to Scandinavia, the Baltic...
Paintings return to England for first time in 230 years
Source: NewKerala
Saint Petersburg :: Russia | updated 2013-05-17 00:35:58 -0700 | political-news
The bulk of the collection of oil paintings brought together by the first British prime minister, Sir Robert Walpole, in the first half of the 18th century is returning from its current Russian home in the Hermitage Museum in St...Paintings...
ORT America author luncheon raises $115,000
Source: The Daily Herald
Saint Petersburg :: Russia | updated 2013-05-15 11:20:20 -0700 | sports-news
Featuring guest speakers Jami Attenberg ("The Middlesteins") and Joshua Henkin ("The World Without You"), the author luncheon raised nearly $115,000 for ORT-KesherNet, a network of job-training centers in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus empowering women to start, manage and sustain their...
Skeletons dating back to 1930s found near Moscow
Source: NewKerala
Saint Petersburg :: Russia | updated 2013-05-15 02:00:21 -0700 | travel-news
The remains were found on the bank of the Pakhra river south of Moscow, the Russian Investigative Committee said in a statement...Based on the results of the examination, a decision will be made on how to proceed further, the committee...
Wrestling looks to MMA for style points
Source: Des Moines Register
Saint Petersburg :: Russia | updated 2013-05-14 18:24:40 -0700 | sports-news
In its push to keep their sport in the Olympics, wrestling will get a makeover, the acting president of the sport's world governing body said Tuesday. So say goodbye to singlets and hello to shirtless Greco-Roman wrestlers. The stage too...
THE DISH: Mama Knows Best
Source: Saint Petersburg Times
Saint Petersburg :: Russia | updated 2013-05-14 13:55:44 -0700 | political-news
00 p.m. to 2 a.m...Petersburg Times Published: May 15, 2013 (Issue # 1759) Mama Luba is not your typical mama. While the name may conjure up images of a plump Italian grandmother embracing you with kisses before serving you plates...
Local Theater Forced to Lower Curtain
Source: Saint Petersburg Times
Saint Petersburg :: Russia | updated 2013-05-14 13:55:38 -0700 | political-news
Petersburg has not had fordecades astrong andviable youth movement. The theaters energetic andvisionary founder, Milena Avimskaya, has developed the space for young St. Petersburg directors, actors andwriters to create new work,which has had a far-reaching impact onthe citys mainstream venues....
Rusnano Sell-Off Plan Aims At Complete Privatization
Source: Saint Petersburg Times
Saint Petersburg :: Russia | updated 2013-05-14 13:55:33 -0700 | business-news
Rusnano, thestate technology giant, will be fully privatized inseven years andits revenue will increase 10-fold, according toa draft plan submitted on Tuesday tothe Cabinet byits head, Anatoly Chubais. Thecompany plans tosell 10 percent ofits stock toRussian andforeign private investors bythe...
Coffee House Loses Price Fixing Appeal
Source: Saint Petersburg Times
Saint Petersburg :: Russia | updated 2013-05-14 13:55:31 -0700 | political-news
Restaurant chain Coffee House has lost anappeal against aFederal Anti-Monopoly Service ruling that found it guilty ofusing noncompetitive business practices. TheMoscow Arbitration Court threw out Coffee Houses appeal, siding with antitrust officials who say that Coffee House has taken anunfair...
State-Funded Projects to Face Extra Scrutiny by Independent Experts
Source: Saint Petersburg Times
Saint Petersburg :: Russia | updated 2013-05-14 13:55:28 -0700 | political-news
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed adecree requiring all major state-funded investment projects toundergo acompulsory technological andfinancial audit bya panel ofindependent experts andcommunity representatives...Projects with abudget ofover 8 billion rubles ($255 million)...
Titov Wants to Free Over 100,000 Entrepreneurs
Source: Saint Petersburg Times
Saint Petersburg :: Russia | updated 2013-05-14 13:55:25 -0700 | political-news
Aninitiative bybusiness ombudsman Boris Titov tofree more than 100,000 entrepreneurs serving prison sentences forwhite-collar crimes will be submitted tothe State Duma next week, Kommersant reported last Wednesday. Titov warned that many people were likely tooppose theidea, but he acknowledged...
U.S. Dollar Ban Proposed To Help Protect Russians
Source: Saint Petersburg Times
Saint Petersburg :: Russia | updated 2013-05-14 13:55:25 -0700 | political-news
State Duma Deputy, Mikhail Degtyaryov, has proposed to take U.S. dollars out ofcirculation inRussia with the aim toraise theprestige ofthe ruble andreduce Russias dependence on thedollar, Izvestia reported. If U.S. national debt continues togrow, thecollapse ofthe dollar system will happen...
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